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Ninja Bats
A washing-machine family around Ninja Star / Ninja Bat transitions, built from Bat, Reverse Bird and Sidestar logic.
Ninja Bats
Why it matters
Ninja Bats belongs to the ninja family: not a random trick, but a way to understand how Bat, Reverse Bird and Sidestar cycle around each other.
Clockwise or counter-clockwise, the order changes.
The lesson stays the same: shape, timing, trust, exit.
People often want to do what they saw on Instagram. Guru says: fine, but the body still has to pay the physics bill.
What it is
Ninja Bats is a washing-machine / transition family around Ninja Star and Ninja Bat patterns.
For TheAcroGuru, this is not ownership.
This is curation, connection and correction.
Core poses to master
Machine map
The pattern cycles through related shapes.
Depending on direction, the order reverses.
Think:
- Bat
- Reverse Bird
- Sidestar
- return / continue / exit
Teaching notes
Start with clean shapes before chasing the machine.
If Bat is messy, the machine will be messier.
If Reverse Bird has no line, the turn will eat the pair.
If Sidestar is unstable, the loop becomes negotiation with gravity.
Failure points
- flyer rushes the turn
- base loses leg line
- pair does not know the exit
- spotter watches instead of spotting
- Instagram memory replaces actual technique
Used in flows
Sources / attribution
Props and credit to the teachers keeping this machine alive.
Jacob Brown & Debbie Collis are a key source for the Ninja Star / Ninja Bat family.